A/HRC/18/42 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 17 August 2011 Original: English Human Rights Council Eighteenth session Agenda item 5 Human rights bodies and mechanisms Final report of the study on indigenous peoples and the right to participate in decision-making Report of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Summary The present study complements the progress report submitted by the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (A/HRC/EMRIP/2010/2) by focusing on examples of good practices of indigenous peoples’ participation in different levels of decision-making. It also includes Expert Mechanism advice No. 2 (2011): indigenous peoples and the right to participate in decision-making. The present study should be read in conjunction with the progress report. GE.11-15484

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